im doing the 12v fan mod.. im following this tutorial..
http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/12v-fan-mod.php
The only problem is..


The black wire isn't long enough to touch that screw.

Maybe im doing something wrong.. but I don't know.
Please help.
Thank you.

dude you dont need to do that anymore , you can speed up the fan in the bios but if the xbox an unmoded one go for it.

Edit: you can solder another cable to it to make it longer ,eistein,

I just read something else.. and it showed they taped the black wire to the metal part like this..

so just to check if it would work.. I did that and turned on the xbox and it started spinning.. louder and it seems faster.

Will that be ok? I guess its at 12v now?

QUOTE (lessthanjake @ Dec 4 2003, 06:26 AM)

I just read something else.. and it showed they taped the black wire to the metal part like this.. so just to check if it would work.. I did that and turned on the xbox and it started spinning.. louder and it seems faster. Will that be ok? I guess its at 12v now?

yes the metal box is the same ground tha the board uses , but you can do it in the bios if you have a moded one.

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dude you dont need to do that anymore , you can speed up the fan in the bios but if the xbox an unmoded one go for it. Edit:  you can solder another cable to it to make it longer ,eistein,

haha, a little late for that eh?
oh well.. I taped it to the metal part and its working pretty good.
So I suppose its at 12v now?

QUOTE (lessthanjake @ Dec 4 2003, 06:30 AM)

QUOTE dude you dont need to do that anymore , you can speed up the fan in the bios but if the xbox an unmoded one go for it. Edit:  you can solder another cable to it to make it longer ,eistein, haha, a little late for that eh? oh well.. I taped it to the metal part and its working pretty good. So I suppose its at 12v now?

yep , but you could have done it in the bios without any wires change , dont know if that bans you from LIVE , cause it takes more power than it should.

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yep , but you could have done it in the bios without any wires change , dont know if that bans you from LIVE , cause it takes more power than it should.

nah, I just played on xbox live and nothing happened. I don't see wht they would ban someone because of that. haha.
Thank you for all the feedback though. Temps dropped alot.

QUOTE (Xbox-Savage @ Dec 4 2003, 04:32 AM)

QUOTE (lessthanjake @ Dec 4 2003, 06:30 AM) QUOTE dude you dont need to do that anymore , you can speed up the fan in the bios but if the xbox an unmoded one go for it. Edit:  you can solder another cable to it to make it longer ,eistein, haha, a little late for that eh? oh well.. I taped it to the metal part and its working pretty good. So I suppose its at 12v now? yep , but you could have done it in the bios without any wires change , dont know if that bans you from LIVE , cause it takes more power than it should.

It wouldn't ban you from live just because of a fan change..

how do you do it from the bios?

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how do you do it from the bios?

I believe XBtools

Yup!

What exactly does the 12v fan mod do? Does it make your fan faster? And if it does, is it much louder?

I just want to clear up everything for all of you.. yes the bios can be hacked for higer fan speeds..
But what happens when you turn off your chip/bios to go onto Xbox Live for a few hours of Rainbow Six or Project gotham 2?
Your fan of course reverts back to factory setting and you hard drive will heatup just the same...
so ya if you want to cool your xbox , dont be lazy and do the wire mod.. thats unless you plan to never turn off your chip and play on xboxlive

I was going to reply with the same damn thing.....haha. Anyway,I just have to say that that is one of the best pc case inserts I've seen so far. Good job.

Just to add, before taping it, I soldered the wire to the metal to make sure it never comes loose.

have xbtool on my hard drive and i dont see the option on changing the speed
can anyone help

well im not that bothered but i would like to know though

QUOTE (NightL1fe @ Dec 4 2003, 03:07 PM)

I just want to clear up everything for all of you.. yes the bios can be hacked for higer fan speeds.. But what happens when you turn off your chip/bios to go onto Xbox Live for a few hours of Rainbow Six or Project gotham 2? Your fan of course reverts back to factory setting and you hard drive will heatup just the same... so ya if you want to cool your xbox , dont be lazy and do the wire mod.. thats unless you plan to never turn off your chip and play on xboxlive

I changed the fan speed with xbtools on my xbox w/ a matrix chip. And after ejecting the tray to load the MS bios to play xbox live the fan stays the same speed that I set it at. It seems that the xbox wont change the speed back down unless its shut off. I don't think this would work with a chip that has an on/off switch.

gfk, do you have the latest version?